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Alpha Research by advaitpaliwal — Agent Skill

Name: Alpha Research
Author: advaitpaliwal

Alpha Research

Search, read, and query research papers via Feynman's alphaXiv-backed alpha tools. Use when the user asks about academic papers, wants to find research on a topic, needs to read a specific paper, ask questions about a paper, inspect a paper's code repository, or manage paper annotations.

File contents

Alpha Research CLI

Use visible Feynman alpha tools when they are available. For shell commands, use feynman alpha ...; do not call the user's bare global alpha binary because it can be stale or unpatched.

Commands

Command	Description
`feynman alpha search "<query>"`	Search papers. Prefer `--mode semantic` by default; use `--mode keyword` only for exact-term lookup and `--mode agentic` for broader retrieval.
`feynman alpha get <arxiv-id-or-url>`	Fetch paper content and any local annotation
`feynman alpha get --full-text <arxiv-id>`	Get raw full text instead of AI report
`feynman alpha ask <arxiv-id> "<question>"`	Ask a question about a paper's PDF
`feynman alpha code <github-url> [path]`	Read files from a paper's GitHub repo. Use `/` for overview
`feynman alpha annotate <paper-id> "<note>"`	Save a persistent annotation on a paper
`feynman alpha annotate --clear <paper-id>`	Remove an annotation
`feynman alpha annotate --list`	List all annotations

Auth

Run feynman alpha login to authenticate with alphaXiv. Check status with feynman alpha status.

Examples

feynman alpha search "transformer scaling laws"
feynman alpha search --mode agentic "efficient attention mechanisms for long context"
feynman alpha get 2106.09685
feynman alpha ask 2106.09685 "What optimizer did they use?"
feynman alpha code https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT src/model.py
feynman alpha annotate 2106.09685 "Key paper on LoRA - revisit for adapter comparison"

When to use

Academic paper search, reading, Q&A → Feynman alpha tools or feynman alpha
Current topics (products, releases, docs) → web search tools
Mixed topics → combine both

---name: alpha-researchdescription: Search, read, and query research papers via Feynman's alphaXiv-backed alpha tools. Use when the user asks about academic papers, wants to find research on a topic, needs to read a specific paper, ask questions about a paper, inspect a paper's code repository, or manage paper annotations.---# Alpha Research CLIUse visible Feynman alpha tools when they are available. For shell commands, use `feynman alpha ...`; do not call the user's bare global `alpha` binary because it can be stale or unpatched.## Commands| Command | Description ||---------|-------------|| `feynman alpha search "<query>"` | Search papers. Prefer `--mode semantic` by default; use `--mode keyword` only for exact-term lookup and `--mode agentic` for broader retrieval. || `feynman alpha get <arxiv-id-or-url>` | Fetch paper content and any local annotation || `feynman alpha get --full-text <arxiv-id>` | Get raw full text instead of AI report || `feynman alpha ask <arxiv-id> "<question>"` | Ask a question about a paper's PDF || `feynman alpha code <github-url> [path]` | Read files from a paper's GitHub repo. Use `/` for overview || `feynman alpha annotate <paper-id> "<note>"` | Save a persistent annotation on a paper || `feynman alpha annotate --clear <paper-id>` | Remove an annotation || `feynman alpha annotate --list` | List all annotations |## AuthRun `feynman alpha login` to authenticate with alphaXiv. Check status with `feynman alpha status`.## Examples```bashfeynman alpha search "transformer scaling laws"feynman alpha search --mode agentic "efficient attention mechanisms for long context"feynman alpha get 2106.09685feynman alpha ask 2106.09685 "What optimizer did they use?"feynman alpha code https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT src/model.pyfeynman alpha annotate 2106.09685 "Key paper on LoRA - revisit for adapter comparison"```## When to use- Academic paper search, reading, Q&A → Feynman alpha tools or `feynman alpha`- Current topics (products, releases, docs) → web search tools- Mixed topics → combine both

Frequently asked questions